Baby Sean arrived into this world at 0701hrs this morning!
Seems like ppl around me are moving on to their next stage in life - guy friends are getting married (isn't it a coincidence that all of them are cases of 奉子成婚 =D) and the ladies are having becoming mothers. Looks like that events we'd been fantasising/dreaming about a decade ago are materialising now.
First ever bare + sensual encounter with a stranger.
I swear I'd been all professional about it, right up to the point when I fell asleep.
It'd been pretty enjoyable, but god knows what I would have written here if I'd chosen Polynesian over Swedish........
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For the better of 40 hours, I basked in the company of old friends, soaking in the adventures into an unfamiliar land and pretending that its gonna last forever. All those talk about travelling abroad with friends during those secondary school days, I've finally done it!
Iron Manhas plenty of action, and abit of everything else. The first installment of the trilogy (its fashionable nowadays for things to come in a set of three or four aint it?) had deviated from the original comic plots, and I think its a pretty good decision, considering that alot of Iron Man's enemies had been Chinese and this being the year the Olympics are gonna be held in Beijing. There's a mini teaser after the credits that points to either a sequel or a spin-off for another comic-to-film franchise.
Its that bi-annual event again - SYF Display Band Competition.
And I thought it would be called off after waking up to the sound of rain and the sight of grey skies.
Personal errand took me abit longer than usual, plus the walking from Kallang MRT to the stadium (plus the fact that one can't cut through the old Kallang Airport now meant that I had to take a big roundabout) ensured that I missed the assessment and the first few performances.
I can't think of anytime that I'd actually been late (implied: uninvolved?) for the past few times...
Before I entered, I bumped into a sight that I'd been in, one day short of 12 years ago:
120+ nervous wrecks. Moments before the Big Show. Butterflies in the stomach. Lips suddenly gone dry like never before.
Another familiar and memorable sight greeted me at the West Entrance (the one leading to the grandstands):
The holding area for NDP'97 was across the road and by the Kallang River. Probably the last time I'll be seeing it in this state, before the Sports Hub takes over.
Thanks to the resourcefulness of my peers, I managed to get in.
Pleasant surprises to see (and hear of) a few familiar faces attending the event as well.
(To a certain "close" friend: I don't know why you think it was Pasir Panjang, when there's no educational institutions named after Pasir Panjang...)
No comments, just photos - photos for the eternal testaments of the 1000+ youngsters who took to the field on a humid Saturday afternoon after losing hundreds of hours and tonnes of sweat preparing for their 8 minutes of showtime; nil comments for the respect that every individual should be accorded to for having done their best.
Ok, this one warrants some mention, cos he's one of DA MAN. Kumaran - Man of the Moment.
The company - seems to get abit smaller and smaller, especially when one is expecting a second child, one is preparing for an upcoming wedding, another is just happily married, yet another is doing household chores... and they all happened to be the ladies! Will it be an all-guys outing come 2010?
And I hope the relevant authorities better realise that they CANNOT EVER, EVER hold this event at HCI, for obvious reasons - just look at the crowd turnout. What will be SYF without the school supporters, the family members, the people who want to come back and relive their past memories as marching bandies, the neutral observers who wanna oosh and drool over the suave DMs (LOL obvious reference to.....)?
They had been formed up, waiting to move back into the stadium for the announcement of results.
We left early for dinner at this HK-cafe @ Sunset Way. Results came in first-hand via the JY, the kind soul who SMS-ed the surprising outcomes faster than a speeding bullet; we had some minor chokes around the dinner table when we saw the results. Guess its back to the drawing boards...
Anyway, we had ample time to spare, so I suggested heading down to The Daily Scoop. Business was especially brisk, probably because its a weekend evening.
I think this is the first time this year that I'm out with them. Talks about an overseas trip beckon, but I think I shouldn't be able to make it. Probably catch them (and the rest who didn't make it down this time) real real soon.
It's weird - not being able to resolve the highs and lows that have had taken place within the last 14 hours or so, can't decide what to make of it, the day that has just passed。
The video took me like, 3 hours to upload?! It's insane...
Heard that Jazz by the Beach went well - way to go dudes!
It was a pretty slow day, with almost no one whom we know at the ARF.
Met Dr. Wee Lian Hee in person for the first time - though it seemed like he looked kinda familiar.He offered to attend our session in the morning and lunch with us after that.
And of course, Prof. (I think) Tony Hung, who had connections with DELL as well.
The talks were quite alright I guess, though there was this one which kinda got blasted by some co-presenter who was, I presume, a professor at another university.
The highlight of the day (for me at least) took place at Lan Kwai Fong (Yes! We finally set foot on HK proper!). We were having dinner and beer at this bar + grill place and catching the Villa-Portsmouth match. We ended up betting on the final score, with the losers picking up the tab. Let's just say I've gotten lucky for once (Thanks Lady Luck - probably the ladies here bring more positive energy lol), and I didnt need to pay for my lamb stew + 2 bottles of beer.
The road sign that says Lan Kwai Fong seems to be a hit with photo-crazy tourists.
Soon, everything will be over and it's back to run-of-the-mill routines.
Gearing up for tomorrow morning - we gonna rock the house down!
And, the New York Cheesecake donuts from Krispy Kreme are the BEST-EST. EVER.
I'm so gonna miss the weather.
Signing off................. Overt Longing for many, Covert Pining for One.............. RC
Look at those tanned + rosy cheeks!
